Name: Modak recipe by Vithee Bhujbal Hardas at BetterButter
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 2 cups Maida/ Flour; 1 cup Rava/ Semolina; 1 cup Powdered Sugar; Oil to fry; Handful of dry fruits, chopped; 4 tablespoon ghee; 2 tablespoon milk

ABOUT Modak RECIPE

Modaks have a special importance in the worship of the Hindu God Ganesha, the modak is believed to be his favorite food.

Ingredients Serving: 5

2 cups Maida/ flour
1 cup Rava/ semolina
1 cup Powdered sugar
oil to fry
Handful of dry fruits, chopped
4 tablespoon ghee
2 tablespoon milk

Instructions

In a bowl, take the maida, add 2 tbsp of hot ghee and knead it well with water.
For the stuffing, in a frying pan, add ghee then add the rava and fry till it develops a sweet fragrance. Now add in the chopped dry fruits and turn off the gas.
Now add milk and mix it well, cover with a lid and let it cool properly. Once cooled, add the sugar and mix it well.
Make small poories from the maida and fill the stuffing to make the modaks.
Deep fry on a medium flame.
Serve them warm.